By Mary O’KEEFE With only four candidates applied thus far to run for six available seats on the Crescenta Valley Town Council, members urge the community to step up and run. The CVTC consists of nine regular members and three alternates. Regular members are elected to a three-year term, alternates serve a one year term. […]
Crescenta Valley High School students and their parents filled the school’s quad for Back to School night on Thursday, Sept. 16. Before parents rushed from classroom to classroom following their child’s daily schedule, they ate hamburgers, hotdogs or sausage sandwiches at a barbecue to benefit Prom Plus. They then satisfied their sweet tooth with baked […]
Pancake breakfast planned Fremont Elementary School will be hosting its annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $5 per person and includes pancakes, sausage (donated by Schreiner’s), fruit, fresh coffee, milk, and juice. Contributors include IHOP, Vons and Trader Joe’s, The Coffee Bean Tea Leaf, Big Lots, […]
Photos by Leonard COUTIN Families of Mountain Avenue Elementary School tidied up the school. Contributed by Melody McCORMICK Fueled by 15 dozen donut holes, a group of 40 Mountain Avenue Elementary children, their families and their principal Rebeca Witt spent Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon turning the weeds at their school into beautiful flower […]
Regular readers will know that I occasionally overflow with odd, random thoughts that – while they don’t warrant an entire column – do somehow manage to find their way onto this page as things that I wonder about. For example: I wonder … if the superbly talented and funny Betty White regrets her decision to […]
It always amazes both newcomers to CV and long-time residents what a wealth of historical events of a global nature have taken place in, or are connected with, our sleepy valley. But we are also connected geographically to events of a galactic nature with the proximity of Mt. Wilson to CV. A defining feature of […]
By Brandon HENSLEY This Sunday, passersby on Honolulu Avenue will be screaming for free ice cream in front of the Paradis ice cream shop. And they’ll get it. That’s because the store is celebrating not only its first year in the comforts of Montrose, but also its first in the U.S. From noon to 4 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Webster’s Dictionary defines an army as “a body of persons organized to advance a cause.” This is exactly what Glendale Adventist Hospital is doing with a colorful twist. An “Army of Pink” has been formed to fight breast cancer. The weapon in this battle will be education, outreach and fundraising for research […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale resident Pauline (Polly) Wagner McCourtney has never been one to waste an opportunity, not even the celebration of her 100th birthday. On Saturday, Sept. 11 McCourtney gathered friends, family and supporters at the Thursday Club in La Cañada to share her birthday with a fundraiser for “Friends of Judge McCourtney.” “We […]
Sept. 20 2800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, a backpack was stolen from the library. According to the CV Sheriff’s report, the backpack was left on the floor of the lounge area in the library when its owner had walked outside to take a phone call. When the owner returned the pack was […]